Mrs Behavin
Well-Known Member
Wal-Mart refuses to carry smutty magazines. It will not sell compact discs with obscene lyrics. And when it catches customers shoplifting — even a pair of socks or a pack of cigarettes — it prosecutes them.
Wal-Mart will no longer prosecute first-time thieves unless they are between 18 and 65 and steal at least $25 worth of goods. It will instead focus on nabbing those who commit the bulk of its shoplifting losses -- employees and professional thieves.
But now, in a rare display of limited permissiveness, Wal-Mart is letting thieves off the hook — at least in cases involving $25 or less.
According to internal documents, the company, the nation’s largest retailer and leading destination for shoplifting, will no longer prosecute first-time thieves unless they are between 18 and 65 and steal merchandise worth at least $25, putting the chain in line with the policies of many other retailers.
Under the new policy, a shoplifter caught trying to swipe, say, a DVD of the movie “Basic Instinct 2” ($16.87) would receive a warning, but one caught walking out of the store with “E.R. — The Complete Fifth Season” ($32.87) would face arrest.
http://articles.news.aol.com/busine...ting-policy-for/20060713115709990005?cid=2194
Wal-Mart will no longer prosecute first-time thieves unless they are between 18 and 65 and steal at least $25 worth of goods. It will instead focus on nabbing those who commit the bulk of its shoplifting losses -- employees and professional thieves.
But now, in a rare display of limited permissiveness, Wal-Mart is letting thieves off the hook — at least in cases involving $25 or less.
According to internal documents, the company, the nation’s largest retailer and leading destination for shoplifting, will no longer prosecute first-time thieves unless they are between 18 and 65 and steal merchandise worth at least $25, putting the chain in line with the policies of many other retailers.
Under the new policy, a shoplifter caught trying to swipe, say, a DVD of the movie “Basic Instinct 2” ($16.87) would receive a warning, but one caught walking out of the store with “E.R. — The Complete Fifth Season” ($32.87) would face arrest.
http://articles.news.aol.com/busine...ting-policy-for/20060713115709990005?cid=2194
